Why am I Different?
By Alaa Asran
By Alaa Asran
Dear diary,
I feel so unwanted. People always tend to sit away from me or just ignore
me. I tried talking to my mum about it but she just…ignored me? Said
that I am dramatic? Today for example I was sitting in class and the
teacher said that we make a group of two or three for a project. People
started gathering and made groups and I just sat there waiting for
someone to choose me, but no one did. The teacher had to put me in a
group with people because I wasn’t chosen by any. I feel so bad. They
make me feel so different.
All of this because I don’t fit their version of “normal.” It’s like no matter
how much I try, I’m always the outsider. I watch how they laugh, how
they talk to each other so easily, and it feels like I’m standing behind a
glass wall, banging for someone to notice me. But they never do. And
when I finally get the courage to speak, it feels like my words are
invisible.
Sometimes I wonder if there’s something wrong with me… or if people
just choose to look past me. It’s a lonely kind of pain, diary, the type that
makes you question your own worth. I just wish, for once, someone
would pick me without the teacher having to force it. I wish someone
would see me.